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LOT 2709
Fossil Insect on Matrix Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 58 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/4 - 4 1/8 in. (402 grams total, 9.5-10.5 cm).
Comprising two rounded limestone matrices, each with a fossilised insect. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From Brazil.
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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